Chap. 77. ‘Englijh Herbs. 
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Wine, Juice, or Effence, and continuing it for fome 
time. This Saline Tinflure is alfo prevalent againft 
the Jaundice. Dofe from half a dram to a dram 
and half, in any convenient Vehicle. 
XXII. T he f ixed Suit. It is good againft Poifon, 
and all malignity of the Plague, opens Obftruffions, 
refills Putrefaftiori, and defends the Vitals againft 
any kind of Infeftion, or the malignity of Evil Airs. 
It provokes Urine, and cleanfes the Urinary Paf- 
fages, carrying off the Recrements of the Humors by 
thole Paffages, by which it has been found good 
againft the Jaundice and Dropfie. Dole from ten 
grains to a fcruple in Ale, Beer, Cider, Mead, or 
Wine. 
XXIII. T he. Effence. It refills Poifon, Plague, or 
Pellilence, and all forts of malign Fevers, Hops all 
Fluxes of the Belly, as Diarrhara, Dyfenteria, Lien- 
teria, and the Hepatick Flux, as alio all Hemonha- 
gies whatfoever, whether inward or outward, the 
overflowing of the Terms in Women, and rhe pre- 
ternatural flux of the Whites : but in thefe laft Ca- 
fes, Univerials ought to be premifed. In a word, the 
Effence has all the Virtues of the Liquid Juice, the 
Fouder of the Root, and the DecoQion in Wine at 
Se£l.io,i; and 15, aforegoing. But it peculiarly flops 
the afflux of Humors to any part, being applied to 
the fame outwardly, and alfo taken inwardly. Dofe 
is from two to fix ounces in Wine, or any other 
Vehicle, proper againft the Difeafe for which it is 
given. Note, The Root of this Plant is that which 
is chiefly ufed, as having moll Virtue in it. 
CHAP. LXXVII. 
BITTER-SWEET. 
H E Names. It is called in Greek tkvkvttu&v, 
, Glycypicron , i. e. Amaru dulcis , and 
JivSeir, Strychnodendron , i. e. Solatium Arborefcens : 
but no Greek Author, that I know of, has laid any 
thing of it ^ but fome of the Moderns have impo- 
fed thefe Greek names upon it. The Latins call 
it, Solatium Lignofum , and Solanum Arborefcens , and 
yet in Truth, it is not properly any Night-fhadc, 
but only fo called for the conformity of its Leaves. 
Alfo Amur a d it Iris, and Dulcamara: Some will have 
it to be Melortum Flint) f, others Vitis Sylveflris 
Theophrafii , as Camerarius in his Epitome : ( but Vi- 
tis Sylvejins is truly Black Bryony , as Matthiolui 
has it : ) In Englijh , it is called Bitter-fweet, of 
Woody Night-Jhade , and Fellon-wort. 
II. The Kinds. It is twofold, i. Pukple- flowered, 
called, as aforefaid. 2. White -flowered, which Do- 
don.-eus thinks to be Cyclammus altera Dicfcoridis : 
Guillandinus took it to' be Salicafirum Plinij. , but 
very erronioufly : Bauhinus calls it Solanum Scandens 
feu Dulcamara , flore Albo , Bitter-fweet , with the 
White flower. 
III. The Defcription. It has a Root which fpreads 
it fclf with many firings under the Earth , not grow- 
ing into any great or thick Body : from whence comes 
up many /lender , winding , brittle , woody Stalks, five 
or fix Foot high, without any Clafpers, or Tend rills, 
but folding it felj about hedges, or any other thing 
which Jiands near unto it : thefe folks are covered 
with a whitifh rough Bark, which being chewed in 
the Mouth, tafies bitter at firfi , but fweetifh after- 
wards : and m the middle they have a Pith, and J, hoot 
out into many Branches on both Jides, which are 
Green whilfi young : whereon grow many Leaves 
without order, fomewhat like unto thoje-of Night- 
Ihade, but that they are fomething broad, long , and 
pointed at the ends, with two fmall Leaves, or ra- 
ther pieces of Leaves at the bottom of moj} of them, 
fomething like the Sage with Ears and many of 
them likewife , with but one piece on one fide •, j me- 
times alfo thefe pieces arc clofe to the Leaves, ma- 
king them feem cm if they were jagged , or cut in on 
the edges into fo many parts ^ and fometimes feparate 
therefrom, making the Leaves feem winged, or com- 
pofed of many Leaves, which are of a pale green co- 
lor. At the tops and Jides of the Branches come 
forth many blowers, ( funding in jafhion of a long 
Umble ) upon Jhort Foot-fialks one above another ^ 
which conjifi of five narrow and long violet purple 
colored Leaves, not fpread like a Star, or very fel- 
dom, but moflly turning the mf elves backwards to the 
Stalks again on which they /land, with a long golden 
yellow Point el in the midfi, flicking forth, which af- 
terwards turns into round, and fomewhat long Ber- 
ries, green at firfi, and very red, fft, and full of 
Juice when ripe, which are fweet at firfi tafiing, 
but afterwards of an unpleafing bitter tafie • in 
which Berry is contained many fiat white Seeds. 
IV. Dulcamara fioie Ai’bo, Bitter-fweet, with 
white flowers, differs m nothing from the f ormer, but 
in the flowers, whofe outward Leaves are white, and 
its Pomtel yellow. 
V. The Places. The tirft grows ufually by Ditch- 
lides and hedges, where it may climb up,’almoft 
every where : The fecond is more rare, and feldom 
to be met with, but grows by or near St. Margarets 
Church near Romney Marlh. 
VI. The Times. The Root is Perennial ^ and the 
Branches, tho’ they are dilpoiled of their Leaves all 
the Winter, yet they perilh not, but (hoot forth new 
Leaves in the Spring : they Lower in July, and tiie 
Berries are ripe in Augujh 
V ] I. The Qualities. The Leaves and Berries are 
hot and dry in the firft Degree ^ Aftringent and 
Cleanfing ^ Cephalick, Hepatick, Splenetick, Hyite- 
rick and Cathartick. 
VIII. The Specification. It is a peculiar thing for 
the Cure of Jaundice and Dropfie. 
1 IX. The Preparations. You may make there- 
i from, 1 . The Liquid Juice. 2. The Effence. 3. The 
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